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Being a Teenage Mom - Teenagers Trying to Conceive?

published on June 12, 2013

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There are so many young girls out there who, rather than fear teenage parenting, instead actually desire to have the opportunity of being a teenage mom. Yes, they want to get pregnant. Teenage parenting these days is no closet secret - with television series like Sixteen and Pregnant and Teen Mom, teenage girls know what they are getting themselves into, they also know exactly how to prevent a pregnancy. In almost all of the teenage parenting guests on Sixteen and Pregnant when asked about whether or not they used protection they said, "No, not really" or "Not always" or "Not at all". What does that mean? That means that on some level they were okay with getting pregnant. Being a teenage mom seems incredibly difficult. I cannot imagine having to rely on others to financially and emotionally support me and my newborn.

I simply do not understand the desire of teenage parenting. All too often they think, "Well, I can just live with my parents" and "Nothing much will change and I will have a cute baby to snuggle" and "This will cement my relationship with my boyfriend". Come on. Seriously girls, wake up and smell the roses (or, in this case, dirty diapers and spit up).

Being a mom is not easy, I can imagine that being a teenage mom would be horribly difficult. Teenage parenting is not a joke or a game. It is not about having a cute baby to buy cute clothes for. I understand that accidents happen but please, oh please do not go asking to be put into the position of being a teenage mom. Please do not be irresponsible and simply leave it up to fate because guess what? You WILL get pregnant (and yes, those teenagers feel invincible, as if nothing happens to them, and have the audacity to be surprised when after having sex for months with no protection they end up pregnant, uh, duh, what were you expecting?).

Being a teenage mom is about making an incredibly large life decision. It's about sacrificing everything that you want (and possibly even some things that you need such as time, personal space, a chance to eat a meal, even). Teenage parenting should never be taken lightly.

Alright, this leads me to the inspiration for this post. Recently I became aware of a fifteen year old child who is actually trying to get pregnant with her boyfriend.